The school was formerly a private Qingdao University, founded in 1924. 1930, National Qingdao University was established on the basis of provincial Shandong University and private Qingdao University. After the National Shandong University and Shandong University, the main body of Shandong University moved to Jinan in 1958, and in March/959, Shandong Ocean College was established on the basis of the departments of oceanography, fisheries, geology and biology. 1960 was identified by the state as one of the national 13 key comprehensive universities. 1988 was renamed Qingdao Ocean University. In 2002, it was renamed China Ocean University. [ 1]
As of 20 19 and 12, the school has three campuses: Laoshan, Yushan and Fushan, and the west coast campus of China Ocean University, Shenzhen Research Institute of China Ocean University and Sanya Graduate School are under construction [2]; College 19, Basic Teaching Center1; There are 3678 faculty members, 5 academicians of China Academy of Sciences and 9 academicians of China Academy of Engineering [3]; There are more than 27,300 full-time students, including undergraduates10.5 million, masters10.4 million and doctors10.9 million. Before 9 disciplines entered the global scientific research institutions of ESI 1%[4]. In the academic ranking of world universities in 20 17, the school ranked 30th1-400th in the world [5].